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I haven't been on here in a long time. I have reached my goal weight, of 170. And now have made it to 163. I had surgery April 22 2013,8 months. I have a new goal for myself. I want to go to 155. Being a mom of 9 kids and trying to keep active hasn't been hard. But it has been hard with the holiday goodies around.
I also reached another milestone this week. I always get my clothing from thrift stores. So I had no idea what size I was. Yesterday I went to a local store, It was the first time in a very long time that I was not able to shop in the Woman dept. I was actually able to shop in the average sizes. I was also surprised when I tried on a blouse that was a size medium. My older daughter was also surprised. I have always been a 2 x or 22.24. It was such a shock.
Since it is the holiday season, I just want to say.... If you are over weight, and have been thinking about, worried about, scared about having surgery... Don't. It has changed my life for nothing but the better. I was so scared, unsure. I did so much worrying that by the time it was time for my surgery I was worn out from stress. It was the greatest gift I ever gave myself, or my family.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, or any other Holiday you celebrate. I hope you and yours has a wonderful end to the year, and a even better New Year.
Hi,
I was sleeved on 4/23 and posted this morning......
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Hello,
Seems like this phase is one of the most difficult , I am 12 days in and on the stage 2 diet where my diet consists of protein shakes, yogurt, Jello, broth, cream of whatever soup, and sugar free popsicles. I am not scheduled to advance to the puree stage until the 12th of May. I only have walked around the house and look forward to when I can get on a treadmill and walk more. Are there any other foods that I might add to this list that I am not aware of? I don't like the taste of Cream of Rice or Wheat. I am taking in plenty of fluids so I am doing ok on that. I am currently down 21 pounds since surgery.
Also , does anyone know when the surgical tabs come off the incision sites?
As always thanks everyone for your responses and comments
Thanks,
Joe
Hey Mike! I actually am scheduled for May 30 with Dr. Wiedower! How did everything go for you? Any recommendations on what to take to Wich. Med Center when I go in? I'm starting to get a bit nervous to be honest with you. Any complications? Everyone pretty nice to you over there?
Glad to hear things are going well for you!!
Randy
Hey,
I was just looking to find some others who had their Surgery done by Winchester Bariatrics Program.
My surgery date was 4/11/13. And my recovery is going great, I had a Sleeve. It was performed by Dr. Wiedower.
Mike
Thank you! My surgery was changed to 4/24/13...a day earlier and everything went great. By Day 3 I had absolutely no pain and was up and walking. I think the walking helped a lot because as soon as I was able to get up the day of the surgery I kept walking as much as I could each day. I'm back to work today. :) Only problem I have is getting in enough calories and protein. Yesterday I was only able to get in close to 200 calories and 40 gm of protein. I've been sipping 2 oz every 15 minutes.
Hello everyone. Reading through your posts gives me memories of what my date forum looked like the year I had my surgery. Today is my 8 year surgiversary. I had a vertical banded gastric bypass on 04/25/2005. I wish you all the best of luck, and I hope that you have wonderful success stories to tell next year. If there's any advice I can offer from what I experienced, it's to make absolutely sure that you have prepared your mind for what you're about to go through. This is the potentially the biggest, most challenging event of your lives. The most important thing you need right now is support from your family and friends. Educate yourselves and talk with as many post-ops as possible. This site is tremendously helpful, and will be a major source of support through the next months and years.
Anyway, if any of you are interest, take a peak at my blog. I just posted a 'life in review' picture blog for my surgiversary post and I hope that some of you might find it helpful.
I've been a "big guy" my whole life zipping past 250 while in college sometime and have never been back. Finished college at about 280 and soon after getting married, vaulted over 300 to a top weight of 335. Lost about 55lbs over 6 years ago but slowly put it all back. It's amazing how much different 300+ feels when you're over 40 compared to 30ish. I've always been an active guy and pretty athletic but the last 5-7 years, it all went away as it became much more difficult to do more than walk. I long for playing softball, skiing, football with the guys, etc. Heck, just a nice hike with my camera sounds so good but they are out of the question.
This past year, i really jumped going from 305ish to up over 320 and I decided that was enough. I have a great job and great benefits so I started the process and got myself approved. I'm thoroughly ready to completely change my life. Over the past 2 months, I've dropped 25 lbs on my own to get a jump start but the last week living under 700 calories i saw a good inch come off the waist. I'm seeing this can really be a reality.
Doctor says with my body type, 200 will be about my low and he says I wouldn't be happy under it which i tend to agree with. I graduated HS at 225 and was in pretty decent shape then so it adds up. But still, 100 more lbs off? I can't imagine how I'm going to feel but I am so ready to find out.
Well, that's about it. I wanted to share my "story" albeit briefly. I'm looking forward to sharing more in the coming weeks/months. I know it won't be easy but I am thoroughly up to the challenge.
